Hindu Holidays and Ceremonials, with Dissertations on Origin, Folklore And
--- CO iioo en CD CO The Author Photo by Rat Bahadur B. A. Gupte HINDU HOLIDAYS AND CEREMONIALS f- WITH DISSERTATIONS ON ORIGIN, FOLKLORE, AND SYMBOLS BY *s RAI BAHADUR B: A GTJPTE, F.Z.S., Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, Honorary Member -Bombay Art Society, Associate Member Asiatic Society of Bengal, Member Royal Agricultural Society of London, formerly Honorary Assistant Superintendent of Ethnography to the Government of Bombay, Assistant Director of Ethnography for India. retired Deputy Minister, and Member of Council, Indore. WITH EIGHTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS, SIX IN COLOUR. CALCUTTA: THACKER SPINK & Co., 1916 Price Rs. 6 BEE PRESS: Printer: PASHUPATI GHOSE, 31-5, Dbaramtala Street, CALCUTTA. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece (the author). Adyitya, the Sun. Aditdora, the necklace. Anant, the endless, Vishnu. Dattatreya, the trio of Hindu gods. Divali drawings, the ancient hieroglyphics of the, Ganesh, as the god of knowledge. Ganesh, as the god of success. Ganesh and Gauri, the possible origin of, illustrated. Laxmi, the goddess of wealth. Martaud, the sun god. Sarasvati, the goddess of knowledge. Shivaratri, the starry origin of, Tortoise incarnation, ancient hieroglyphics recording the discovery of Saturn. Trimurti, the Orion and the stars showing the origin of the trio of Hindu gods. Vatasavitri, an ancient family drawing of Zodiac showing the origin of the Kokila Vrat, and the asterisms Hasta and Chitra connected with Kapila Shashthi. Mrs. Ramabai alins Maisaheb Gupte, PREFACE THE origin and evolution of this work will form an interest- ing fascicle of the history of India during Lord Curzon's regime, as it was he who succeeded in creating the Ethno- graphic Survey of India in the face of strong opposition from certain quarters.
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